No Child Left Behind
CIMC's innovative products help you meet the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Accountability
Our materials are competency-based and objective-driven, and include accountability measures.
Academic competencies are integrated within all of our instructional materials. Basic academic, workplace, and life skills are indicated through the use of basic skills icons.
Testing
National Standards - Many of our assessments and instructional materials align with national industry certification standards. Others are based on skill standards developed with the assistance of instructors and industry representatives. Visit our Testing Division's website to download these skill standards.
Formative (end of unit) Assessments - Evaluation of components covered are included in each curriculum unit. These should be used as pre- and post-tests.
Summative (end of course) Assessments - On-line testing is available for occupational competency testing with immediate results. This can be used for advanced standing and articulation agreements.
Resources available from CIMC
These instructional materials available through CIMC integrate basic skills and support the philosophies of teacher excellence and accountability in the No Child Left Behind initiative. Call 800-654-4502 or visit our online catalog to order.
- Mobilizing Your School to Raise Student Performance Toolbox - SW1022
- Employment Skills for the 21st Century (CD-ROM) - TA8211
- Managing Personal Matters - BS1000
- Effective Employment Practices - BS1001
- Successful Human Relations - BS1002
- Personal Financial Skills - BS1004
- Responsible Citizenship Practices - BS1005
- Successful Study Habits - BS1007
- Effective Communications - BS1008
- Successful Clothing Management - BS1009
- Career Orientation - HE1035
- Mathematics: Whole Numbers - SP1035
- Mathematics: Fractions - SP1022
- Mathematics: Measurement - SP1023
- Mathematics: Decimals and Percents - SP1024
- Mathematics: Geometry - SP1025
- PEAK (Practical Exercises in Applying Knowledge) Science - CS1300
- PEAK (Practical Exercises in Applying Knowledge) Mathematics - CS1301
Free Resources to Download
The following free resources were selected to help educators both inside and outside the classroom. All files are PDF documents unless noted otherwise. To view and print PDF documents, you must have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader software. If you do not already have Acrobat Reader, please visit the Adobe site to download your free copy.
Resources developed by CIMC:
- Diversity in the Classroom
- Writing Test Items: Multiple-Choice Questions
- Developing Modules for Self-Paced Learning
Other resources:
Accountability
- Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices Supported by Rigorous Evidence: A User Friendly Guide
- ERIC/ACVE: Assessing Learners Online
- High-Stakes Testing: Implications for Career and Technical Education
- Selecting Key Words to Describe Thinking Skills According to Learning Level
Doing What Works
- Challenges and Opportunities of NCLB for Small, Rural, and Isolated Schools
- Foundations of Successful Youth Mentoring: A Guidebook for Program Development
- Helping Your Preschool Child
- Helping Your Child Become a Reader
- Helping Your Child Succeed in School
- Helping Your Child Through Early Adolescence
- Helping Your Child With Homework
- Learning for the 21st Century
- Recognizing Diversity in the School and Classroom
- Easy Formulas for Exceptional Writing
- A Guide to the Individualized Education Program
- ERIC/ACVE: Contextual Learning in Adult Education
- ERIC/ACVE: Learning Styles and Vocational Education Practice
- SREB Research Brief - Middle Grades to High School: Mending a Weak Link
- SREB - Opening Doors to the Future: Preparing Low-Achieving Middle Grades Students to Succeed in High School
- The Challenge and Promise of K-8 Science Education Reform
- The Learning Curve: What We Are Discovering About U.S. Science and Mathematics Education
- Open the Doors: Partnering With Parents in a Standards-Based Educational System
- An Overview of Diversity Awareness
- Diversity Activities for Youth and Adults
- SREB: Using Technology to Improve Instruction and Raise Student Achievement
- Think College? Me? Now? A Handbook for Students in Middle School and Junior High School
- Removing Barriers: Tips and Strategies to Promote Accessible Communication
- Transition to Adult Living: A Guide for Secondary Education
- Working With Teachers to Support Children's Learning
Health and Safety
- The Coach's Playbook Against Drugs
- Keeping Youth Drug-Free
- Conflict Resolution Education
- Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools
- Information About Food Allergies for Schools and Parents
- Understanding Food Allergy Kids in Control: A Kid's Guide to Being Responsible
- Eating Disorders
- Children and Adolescents With Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders
- Children With Diabetes: A Resource Guide for Schools
- Personal Safety for Children: A Guide for Parents
- Protecting Your Children on the Internet
- Site Seeing on the Internet
- Teens and Alcohol
- Teens and Depression
- Teens and Drugs
- When a Parent Has Used Drugs
- Teens and Suicide
Learning Disabilities
- Children and Adolescents With
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - A Parent's Guide to ADHD Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Learning Disabilities
Academic Skills
- Mathematics
- Army Mathematics Lessons: Algebra, Logarithms, Trigonometry, Vector Algebra (Word file)
- A.C. Theory-Related Mathematics and the Generation of a Sine Wave (Word file)
- Basic Mathematics Units of Measure and Conversion Factors
- Conversion Factors and Common Formulas
- A Different Way of Measuring Microgravity
- Fall Into Mathematics
- Equivalent Measures
- Weights and Measures for the Farm Business
- The Mathematics of Microgravity
- Taking the Measure of the Universe
- Mystery Math
- Pharmaceutical Calculations
- Reading
- Science
- Aeronautics: An Educators Guide With Activities in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education
- Design and Engineering
- Looking at Earth From Space: Teacher's Guide With Activities for Earth and Space Science
- Our Mission to Planet Earth: A Guide to Teaching Earth System Science
- Energy Education Resources: K-12
- Exploring Meteorite Mysteries: A Teacher's Guide With Activities for Earth and Space Science
- Microgravity: Fall Into Mathematics
- Fuel Cells: Green Power
- How High Is It: An Educator's Guide With Activities Based on Scale Models of Distances
- Humans and Robots
- The Wright Way: Innovation Through Engineering
- Investigating Plants in Space
- Mars Exploration: Is There Water on Mars?
- 4-H Geology Project: Collecting Rocks, Minerals and Fossils
- Making a Terrarium
- 4-H Weather Project: Weather Variables
- Living With a Star: Educator Resources for Understanding Connections Between the Earth and Sun
- Magnets and Electromagnets
- The Mathematics of Microgravity
- Taking the Measure of the Universe: Space Interferometry Mission
- Using Space for a Better Foundation on Earth: Mechanics of Granular Materials
- Microgravity: A Teacher's Guide With Activities in Science, Mathematics, and Technology
- Microscopes Optics: Light, Color, and Their Uses
- Our Mission to Planet Earth: A Guide to Teaching Earth System Science
- Planetary Geology: a Teacher's Guide With Activities in Physical and Earth Sciences
- The Wright Way: The Process of Invention
- A NASA Recipe for Protein Crystallography
- REACT: Renewable Energy Activities - Choices for Tomorrow (Grades 6-8)
- Research Projects in Renewable Energy for High School Students
- Rockets: A Teacher's Guide With Activities in Science, Mathematics, and Technology
- Science Concepts Items
- Seismic Sleuths (Grades 7-12)
- Solar Energy Science Projects
- Space-Based Astronomy: An Educator's Guide With Activities for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education
- Space Food and Nutrition: An Educator's Guide With Activities for Science and Mathematics
- Space Environment Topics Educational Brief: Space Shuttle Glider
- The Brain in Space: a Teacher's Guide With Activities for Neuroscience
- USGS - Earth as Home: An Island Home
- USGS - Change and Cycles: Where Air, Land, and Water Meet
- USGS - Logs of Straws: Dendochronology
- USGS Teacher's Guide
- What is Matter?
- Fisheries Management Activities
- Forecasting Activities
- Greenhouse Effect Activities
- El Nino Activities
- Ozone Activities
- Science on the Web: Web Activities Using Scientific Data
- Solar Physics and Terrestrial Effects: A Curriculum Guide for Teachers (Grades 7-12)
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Updated 10.06.08